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A Couple Leaves their Jobs to Build a House of Windows in the Mountains of West Virginia Christopher Jobson, thisiscolossal.com For their very first date, photographer Nick Olson took designer Lilah Horwitz on a walk in the mountains of West Virginia. While chatting and getting to know each other during a particularly scenic sunset the…
Be a Hacker Or Just Look Like One: Programming Education Promises A Ticket To Six-Figure Salaries In Just Three Months BY CHRISTINA CHAEY, fastcompany.com Hacker schools are intensive, time-consuming, and expensive. But their allegedly high success rates in landing grads well-paying tech jobs are making them an increasingly attractive alternative to a four-year degree. If…
BY Jessica Stillman, inc.com If you’re finding yourself unable to keep your eyes open in meetings, your droning co-worker or late night may out may not be the only explanation. Modern office buildings are often a marvel of efficient design. Cooled to suit-friendly… http://flip.it/E1FmU Nodding Off in Meetings? Blame Your Office | Inc.com
What If We Named Catastrophic Hurricanes After Climate Change Deniers? fastcoexist.com We give hurricanes such friendly, blameless names. What did Sandy ever do to anyone? An advocacy group wants to name disastrous storms after the politicians who are blocking effective climate policy. Spare a thought for people named Ivan,… http://flip.it/SKXvC Related articles What If We…
3-D Printing On Demand Is Now Available From Your Friendly Neighborhood Geek fastcoexist.com Do you ever say to yourself: “Gosh, I really need to 3-D print this thing right now?” Well, now that 3D hubs is bringing the sharing economy to the technology, you can probably get it done just down the street. For most…
Have You Ever Considered That You’re Pooping Wrong? BY JENNIFER MILLER, fastcocreate.com The horribly named Squatty Potty is designed to bring you back to a more natural pooping stance. It turns out that Western civilization has been pooping wrong for generations. According to scientists at the Stanford University Pel… http://flip.it/mLVyL Related articles Ode to the…
How To Design A Better Office For Both Introverts And Extroverts BY CHRIS CONGDON, fastcompany.com Could a “palette of place” give workers control and choice over where and how they work? One company goes deep into work space. Ask workers what bugs them most about the office, and chances are they’ll tell you they can’t…
The 59 Countries That Are Most Prepared To Handle An Uncertain Future fastcoexist.com A new report ranks the world’s countries not on their economic indicators, but on their ability to “safeguard the needs of its future generations.” The results might surprise you. We normally judge which countries are “doing best” by looking… http://flip.it/Pus8b
Anxious People Prefer More Personal Space By Shaunacy Ferro, popsci.com Because they perceive threats as closer, according to a new study. How close can something get to your face before you blink? That’s basically the method scientists use to determine “defensive peripersonal space,” the safety bubble of… http://flip.it/9mGZW
Google Glass: Surgery Tool Of The Future? By Shaunacy Ferro, popsci.com A surgeon transmitted the first Google Glass video of a live surgery to colleagues and med students across town. We’ve been waiting for a while to figure out what practical uses will come out of Google Glass, besides, of course, making dude… http://flip.it/pwI4B
This Is What An Urban Heat Island Looks Like By Shaunacy Ferro, popsci.com Summertime in the city. Ugh, New York City, you sweaty mess. Summer in New York City, bless its big, appley urban heart, can be miserable. The city is basically a floating oven. Urban heat islands, New York among them, are metropolita… http://flip.it/mVq4N
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Fukushima radiation set to hit the U.S. by 2014 By Lindsay Abrams, salon.com Fortunately, it should be harmless Unless you were one of the 160,000 thousand people in the near vicinity of the Fukushima disaster who evacuated their homes in 2011, the ongoing nuclear crisis on Japan’s shore can seem awfully far… http://flip.it/pEFyG Related articles…
Check out this interesting article… New breath analyzer knows if you’re burning fat | Crave – CNET. Related articles How the Alcomate Premium Breathalyzer Test Works (tridiagnostics.com) ‘Flab App’: A Pocket-Sized Device Measures How Much Fat Is Burned While Exercising (medicaldaily.com)
Check out this interesting article Mysterious Apple office in Boston linked to voice tech | Apple – CNET News. Related articles Mysterious Apple office in Boston linked to voice tech (cyberparse.co.uk)
Extreme Reality turns skeletons into biometric signatures | Cutting Edge – CNET News. Related articles This Is Your Brain On Drugs. (futurelawyer.typepad.com) Biometric home button scanner spotted in latest iOS … – CNET (newestgadgetsinfo.com)
Why health care needs Apple | VentureBeat. Related articles Obama Striking Assad Risks International Law Conflict – Bloomberg (bloomberg.com) Forrester’s top 15 emerging technologies | VentureBeat (venturebeat.com)
Canary: This Might Be Your Home Security System of The Future. Related articles Canary App-Driven Home Security System Lets You Have Full Control (devicemag.com) Canary: A Smart Home Security Device for Everyone (design-milk.com) Canary: A Simple, Elegant Home Security System That Works With Your iPhone (cultofmac.com) Canary, an all-in-one smart home security system controlled with…
What Death Looks Like: A Fast-Spreading Glowing Blue Wave. Related articles What Death Looks Like: A Fast-Spreading Wave (gizmodo.com.au) Wave of blue fluorescence reveals pathway of death in worms (sciencedaily.com) Death Spreads From Cell To Cell In A Wave: How New Findings Show Old-Age Deaths Happen From Multiple Processes Breaking Down (medicaldaily.com) This glowing blue…
America’s wicked, deadly heat wave last week | Grist.
Airbnb calculates who gets and gives the best reviews (and young hosts don’t look good) — Tech News and Analysis. Related articles Airbnb calculates who gets and gives the best reviews (and young hosts don’t look good) (gigaom.com) Airbnb Could Teach You a Lot About Customer Service (inc.com) Silicon Alley Insider: Airbnb Is Shifting Its…
3D printing is as bad for your lungs as using a stove — Tech News and Analysis. Related articles Mediabistro Adds Medical and Engineering Sessions to Inside 3D Printing Asia-Pacific Conference & Expo, October 2013 in Singapore (sys-con.com) Two brothers set the tone for next industrial revolution: 3D printing (siliconrepublic.com) 3D Printed Skateboard: Print to…
America’s Top Colleges 2013 – Forbes. Related articles Stanford University Ranks No. 1 On Forbes’ 6th Annual Ranking Of America’s Top Colleges — Measuring Student Satisfaction And Post-Graduate Success (forbes.com) New England schools on Forbes Top Colleges 2013 (boston.com) Forbes Magazine Releases Top 25 Public Colleges List (veritasprep.com)
Eye Candy: Humans Are Awesome’s Tribute Video to GoPro – Core77. Related articles Garmin Takes On GoPro With the VIRB Waterproof Action Camera (mashable.com)
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